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Equity Actors for Upcoming 2025-2026 Season

New York, NY, United States
ID: 284648Exp: 5/7/2025
$1,144/week
Description:

Seeking actors for various roles in seven shows for the upcoming 2025-2026 season. Please see the details below. About the project: 2025-2026 season: "PLAY ON!" "STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY" "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" "IN CLAY" "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED" "PIPPIN", and "WHAT BECAME OF US" Rate: LORT Non-Rep $1144 weekly minimum (LORT B) $839 weekly minimum (LORT D) Additional info: Audition lunch 1:00-2:00 pm PREPARATION Please prepare a short monologue and/or short song. Auditions may not exceed 2 minutes total. Accompanist will be provided. Please bring a copy of your headshot and resume stapled together. Always bring your equity card to EPAs. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Equity's contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. "PLAY ON!" The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale 1st Rehearsal: July 15, 2025 1st Performance: August 12, 2025 Closing: October 5, 2025 All parts to be understudied. "STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY" The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale 1st Rehearsal: August 29, 2025 1st Performances: September 23, 2025 Closing: November 9, 2025 No roles to be understudied. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale 1st Rehearsal: October 7, 2025 1st Performance: November 4, 2025 Closing: January 25, 2026 All parts to be understudied. "IN CLAY" The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale 1st Rehearsal: January 2, 2026 1st Performance: January 27, 2026 Closing: March 25, 2026 No roles to be understudied. "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED" The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale Choreographer: TBA 1st Rehearsal: February 3, 2026 1st Performance: March 10, 2026 Closing: April 12, 2026 All parts to be understudied. "PIPPIN" The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale 1st Rehearsal: April 14, 2026 1st Performance: May 12, 2026 Closing: July 26, 2026 All parts to be understudied. "WHAT BECAME OF US" The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale 1st Rehearsal: May 22, 2026 1st Performance: June 16, 2026 Closing: July 26, 2026 No roles to be understudied. If you are interested, please apply.

58 roles

VY/VY-MANFemale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Looking for her place as a songwriter in the Harlem Renaissance. Disguises herself as a man in order to achieve her dreams. Ambitious and confident. Mezzo-Soprano/Alto. Intimacy required for this role. "PLAY ON!"

DUKEMale40-49 y.o.All ethnicities

The greatest band leader in the world. Hasn’t created music since Lady Liv broke his heart. Longs to have her in his arms again. Handsome & well-dressed. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role. "PLAY ON!"

LADY LIVFemale30-59 y.o.All ethnicities

A diva and a renowned jazz singer in Harlem. The Duke’s muse and inspiration. Stunning and self-absorbed. Falls in love with Vy-Man. Mezzo-soprano with heavy belt. Intimacy required for this role. "PLAY ON!"

REVMale40-59 y.o.All ethnicities

The backstage manager of the Cotton Club who happens to be the most pious, conservative, rigid man in Harlem. A man of great pride. In unrequited love with Lady Liv. Matter-of-fact and uptight. Baritone/Bass. "PLAY ON!"

JESTERMale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Uncle to Vy. A prolific dancer in the Harlem Renaissance. Outspoken and exudes swagger. Helps disguise Vy to achieve her dreams of being a songwriter. Must be a skilled dancer. Baritone. Intimacy required for this role. "PLAY ON!"

SWEETSMale30-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Band conductor of the Cotton Club. In a romantic relationship with Miss Mary. Must be great with physical comedy. Baritone. Intimacy required for this role. "PLAY ON!"

MISS MARYFemale30-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Lady Liv’s assistant. In a romantic relationship with Sweets. Mezzo-Soprano with jazz scatt singing. Intimacy required for this role. "PLAY ON!"

CC – THE HAT CHECK GIRLFemale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

New hat check girl of the Cotton Club. Young, beautiful & sweet. Has a love/hate relationship with Jester. Intimacy required for this role. "PLAY ON!"

ADAFemale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

HAZELFemale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

MIMIFemale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

OPALFemale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

MCMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

BLACK BUTTERFLY MANMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

SUGAR DADDYMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

BARTENDERBoth genders18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors. "PLAY ON!"

MANMale30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

He is a nice person. He is popular and good and fairly well behaved. He is, somewhere inside, very sad and maybe weird tucked under many layers of normal. There’s some fear there. A man with open arms inside a man with hands in his pockets. He often loses confidence in what he’s saying part way through. Intimacy is required for this role. "STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY"

WOMANFemale30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

She, who is amazing, and a nightmare, and knows she is amazing, and a nightmare. Loved fiercely and fiercely difficult. Hyper-sensitive and paranoid. Wounded. Feeling hard done by about the woundings. She loathes herself and lives with a profound sense of her own (massive) value. Intimacy is required for this role. "STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY"

TEVYEMale45-64 y.o.White / Caucasian

The heart of the story. A poor dairyman and leader of his household. Values his faith and family. Resistant to change. Jewish. Baritone. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

GOLDEFemale36-54 y.o.White / Caucasian

Tevye’s strong-willed wife. Practical, loving, and deeply committed to her family. Struggles with balancing tradition and change. Jewish. Mezzo-Soprano. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

TZEITELFemale20-24 y.o.White / Caucasian

Tevye and Golde’s oldest daughter. Passionate and independent, she challenges her parents’ plans to marry her off for money. Jewish. Soprano. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

MOTELMale20-24 y.o.White / Caucasian

A poor, shy tailor who loves Tzeitel. Humble, hardworking, and kind-hearted. Jewish. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

HODELFemale20-24 y.o.White / Caucasian

Tevye and Golde’s second daughter. Intelligent, romantic, and brave. Willing to fight for love even at great personal cost. Jewish. Soprano. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

CHAVAFemale18-24 y.o.White / Caucasian

Tevye and Golde’s third daughter. Sweet, gentle, and obedient until her love for Fyedka causes a rift with her father. Jewish. Mezzo-Soprano. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

PERCHIKMale20-39 y.o.White / Caucasian

A revolutionary student who challenges the norms of Anatevka. Passionate, idealistic, and determined to fight for change. Jewish. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

FYEDKAMale20-24 y.o.White / Caucasian

A young Russian man who falls in love with Chava. Represents a more progressive worldview and challenges traditional boundaries. Russian. Baritone. Intimacy required for this role. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

LAZAR WOLFMale40-59 y.o.White / Caucasian

A wealthy butcher, Tevye’s foil. Proposes to Tzeitel before her true love, Motel, can. Jewish. Baritone. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

YENTEFemale40-69 y.o.White / Caucasian

The village matchmaker. Nosy, gossipy, and always in the know, Yente arranges marriages and meddles in others’ lives, all while maintaining a heart of gold. Jewish. Mezzo-Soprano. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

MENDELMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

REB NAHUMMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

AVRAMMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

RABBIMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

MORDCHAMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

YUSSELMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

GRANDMA TZEITELFemale40-56 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

RUSSIANMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

CONSTABLEMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

OthersBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

MARIE-BERTHE CAZINFemale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Ceramicist, has devoted her life to making art but never quite made it in the way she always thought she would. Passionate, headstrong, wears her heart on her sleeve & is intensely vulnerable at key moments. Witty & sarcastic at times. Requires strong comedic ability. Accent is authentic 1930s working class French or Parisian. Also plays the roles of JEAN-CHARLES CAZIN, HENRIETTA TIRMAN, MICHAEL CAZIN, & various art critics. Mezzo with jazz scatt singing & whistling. "IN CLAY"

DARIUSFemale26-39 y.o.All ethnicities

The show’s eyes, ears and conscience, our audience proxy. A cynic with a dry as a bone sense of deadpan humor that masks her deep depression; she’s searching for fairness in an unfair world. An intern at a magazine, she gets involved in a story that forces her to examine her own lack of trust and learns to hope again. Looking for an authentic indie-pop alto with a sense of groove and nuance. Intimacy required for this role. "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED"

KENNETHMale26-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Mysterious. A lonely small town outcast who believes time travel is impossible and is looking for a partner to join him. His outward oddness makes him seem dangerous at first, but it belies a bumbling warmth, a wounded romanticism, and years of shame. Looking for an authentic indie-pop tenor with control over high belt and falsetto. Intimacy required for this role. "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED"

ARNAUMale26-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Meek at first, he hides in his laptop where he has constructed a world that makes him feel safe. But as the story progresses, he finds the courage to step out into the real world and start his first romantic relationship. Looking for an authentic indie-pop tenor with great comedy chops. Intimacy required for this role. "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED"

JEFFMale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Has a mid-level job at a mid-level office and is entering his mid-life crisis — which he is in denial about, so he doubles down on his masculinity and adolescence to keep the fun going long past closing time. Looking for an authentic indie-rock tenor with control over belt and falsetto. Intimacy required for this role. "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED"

LIZ/ AS CASTFemale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

A small-town hairdresser with a relaxed warmth and a comfort in her quiet life after a nasty divorce. Also plays a sketchy FBI Agent, a grocery store employee, and a former high school prom queen. Looking for an authentic indie-pop belter. Intimacy required for this role. "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED"

TRISTAN/AS CASTMale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

A small town librarian who believes in the power of tactile, holdable history. He connects with Arnau, helps him out of his shell and towards a shot at romance. Also plays a sketchy FBI agent, an old man, and a receptionist. Looking for an authentic indie-pop tenor with great comedy chops. Intimacy required for this role. "SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED"

LEADING PLAYERMale30-59 y.o.All ethnicities

The narrator of the story and introduces the characters. Sets the stage of the story for the audience. Watches over Pippin and guides him through his journey. Sly, energetic, crafty. Blurs the lines between reality and performance. Must have great physicality. Tenor. "PIPPIN'

PIPPINMale20-29 y.o.All ethnicities

The young prince and protagonist of the story. Handsome and a bit naïve. Charismatic but confused. Willingness to try everything life has to offer. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role. "PIPPIN'

CHARLESMale50-69 y.o.All ethnicities

Pippin’s father. King of the land. Exudes authority and enormous power. Represents political success and glory. Baritone. "PIPPIN'

LEWISMale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Pippin’s half-brother. Self-absorbed. Loves weightlifting, wrestling, and his mother, Fastrada. Envious of Pippin. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role. "PIPPIN'

FASTRADAFemale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Charles’ wife and Pippin’s stepmother. Crafty, cunning, calculating. Seductive and only looks out for her and her son’s self-interests. Mezzo-soprano. Intimacy required for this role. "PIPPIN'

BERTHEFemale56-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Pippin’s grandmother. Leads an easy-going and happy life in the country. Warm, strong, care-free. Teaches Pippin to try to enjoy life to the fullest. 60s. Alto. "PIPPIN'

CATHERINEFemale30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

A widow. Independent and beautiful. Strong-minded and hardworking. Falls in love with Pippin and offers him the stability he didn’t know he was looking for. Mezzo-soprano. Intimacy required for this role. "PIPPIN"

SOLDIERSBoth genders18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors to play various roles. "PIPPIN"

LOVERSBoth genders18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors to play various roles. "PIPPIN"

PEASANTSBoth genders18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors to play various roles. "PIPPIN"

OthersBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors to play various roles. "PIPPIN"

QFemale56-56 y.o.All ethnicities

In the winter of her life. Was born in ‘The Old Country’ in the “Global South”, immigrated with her parents to ‘This Country’ in the “Global North” six years later. A devoted daughter, rule-follower, and librarian. Early to mid 60s. This role will be double cast. "WHAT BECAME OF US"

ZMale50-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Younger sibling of Q by seven years. First in the family to be born in ‘This Country’. More of a rebel, gender-fluid, a chef. This role will be double cast. "WHAT BECAME OF US"